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One of our most endangered kangaroo species, the Banded
Hare-wallaby, has made a historic return to mainland Australia, more than 100
years after the last wild colony disappeared as a result of foxes and cats

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Historic
return to mainland Australia for one of our rarest kangaroo speciesOne of our most endangered kangaroo species, the Banded Hare-wallaby,
has made a historic return to mainland Australia, more than 100 years
after the last wild colony disappeared as a result of foxes and cats.
60 Banded Hare-wallabies - 27 males and 33 females - have been
successfully translocated to AWC's Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, where
they have been released into a 7,800 hectare feral predator-free area.
The animals were airlifted from Bernier and Dorre Islands in Shark Bay as
part of joint operation involving field staff from AWC and the Department
of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
The Banded Hare-wallaby has disappeared fr…

I am writing to share with you the latest edition of Wildlife
Matters.
Your generous support is helping AWC deliver
exceptional outcomes for Australia's wildlife in iconic locations such as
the Kimberley, Cape York, Lake Eyre and the Top End. The Winter 2017
edition of Wildlife Matters highlights the importance of AWC's
innovative new model for conservation and the success of key projects
including: The establishment of the largest feral cat-free
area on mainland Australia (at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, in
central Australia)Our ground-breaking collaboration with NSW
National Parks (Pilliga, Mallee Cliffs) and the Defence Department
(at Yampi, in the Kimberley).AWC's scientific leadership, with reports on
research covering feral cats and foxes, dingoes and endangered
species su…

Being
silenced by a corporate bully would be devastating.And the
scary thing is, this could really happen. After years of Greenpeace
successfuly campaigning to protect the Great Northern Forest, one logging company, Resolute Forest
Products, is trying to silence Greenpeace and our ally Stand.earth by suing
us for hundreds of millions of dollars.If they
win, Greenpeace’s ability to advocate for forest protection anywhere in the
world will take a huge blow.Help
us shine a light on Resolute’s unjust attacks.Sign our message to
the publishing industry, representing some of Resolute’s biggest paper
customers, asking them to stand up for free speech!We need
500,000 signatures by May 31 when we’ll take your message to Book Expo
America - one of the largest publishing industry gatherings in the world. Your voice will help us convince
publishers to stand up for free speech and the forests. Will
you help us reach our goal of 500,000 signat…

East coast
koalas are doing it tough but people everywhere are rallying to save them. Find
out more here.

KOALAS, IT'S THE
FIGHT OF
THEIR LIVES

Last Friday we launched a campaign to fight
for the future of the adorable koala. Since then, thousands have joined
the cause. Will you help?

These iconic Australian animals are being driven from their homes – and
to extinction – by reckless and excessive tree-clearing.

In Queensland and New South Wales, laws have been overturned that protect
the few remaining safe koala habitats. The bush that koalas call home is
being bulldozed so excessively that in several areas this iconic species
is already locally extinct.

Queensland’s Koala
Coast has already lost 80% of its koala population. And it’s going to get
even worse if we don’t act.

We have a window right now to push for change for a better future for
koalas in Queensland. That’s why today, Endangered…

Tonight, it was revealed that Adani breached their licence, spilling highly
polluting coal slurry next to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.Adani got a
special licence from the Queensland Government to release discharge into
the Caley Valley Wetlands and the ocean from their Abbot Point coal
terminal.Even
with this special licence to pollute, Adani exceeded their permitted limit
to the ocean by more than 800 per cent. The ABC is reporting
that Adani faces a possible multi-million-dollar fine.It’s
outrageous they got this license and even worse that they massively
breached it. It’s outrageous that they turned the wetland black. Weeks
later, locals and scientists are still picking up coal.Adani cannot
safely operate a coal port on a cyclone-prone coast. There’s no way we can
let them dig Australia’s biggest megamine – which threatens to drain and
pollute groundwater, wreck our climate a…

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